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• The eyes have it

  AN ARMY of terracotta figures are keeping their eyes on visitors to the 14th century cloisters in Gloucester Cathedral. read more

• Cole up for cup challenge

  GFA Challenge Trophy - Final Cadbury Heath 0 Slimbridge 1 (after extra time) read more

• Demolish buildings, says town council

  DURSLEY Town Council is demanding a string of arson attacks at a site in the town should cease with demolition of derelict buildings. read more

• Help us find fund name

  TORTWORTH COURT Four Pillars Hotel and the Gazette are teaming up to provide a new charity partnership. read more

• We HAD cricket till they interfered

  SIR - Recently a statement made by Berkeley Town Council expressed their desire for cricket to be played at Berkeley this season, along with concern for the current state of the cricket square. These utterances stagger belief as the council know full well that the situation at Berkeley CC is due entirely to their actions - and their actions alone. read more

• No-fly zone is breached

  SAFETY fears over the security of a nuclear power station have been heightened with the revelation that military aircraft have breached a no fly zone surrounding the Berkeley centre three times in the last two years. read more

• Letters crisis

  SIR - It is interesting that so soon after your article regarding the erratic postal delivery times there should be a programme concerning Royal Mail London sorting offices on Channel Four on April 29 and that an important letter I sent from the post office in Cam should be lost (the sixth item of mail in three years). I have also been informed that a parcel posted in Cam for a grandchild's birthday was also 'lost in the post' recently. read more

• Let's have a poll, village is urged

  RETIREMENT of community representatives with a combined contribution of almost a century will leave a massive void for Kingswood Parish Council. read more

• Gazette Comment

  NOMINATIONS for district and parish council election close next Friday. read more

• Throw-away idea that has taken off

  A FAMILY business that started life as a stopgap between jobs for its managing director from his Chipping Sodbury home is celebrating its 21st year in business this year. Kingswood-based Yate Disposables Limited has come a long way since its early days in an office bedroom. The company has recently been recognised as being top of its field in national awards voted by customers. Derek Aston told the Gazette how paper plates formed the foundations for a real success story. read more

• Pressing on with news

  LOCAL Newspaper Week began on Monday and we at the Gazette decided it was time our publication made the news rather than just reporting it. read more

• You lost - deal with it and move on

  SIR - At last, named and shamed they back down. What is it with Stroud District Council and the No vote regarding housing transfer? When are they going to stop acting like a lot of pre-school children who have lost their mummies, and start acting like rational grown-ups. read more

• Events around the region

  Berkeley, Cam, Dursley and Wotton-under-Edge and district diary read more

• Council's opposition to control room changes

  COUNCILLORS at Ebley Mill have unanimously opposed closure of Gloucestershire fire brigade's control rooms. read more

• Losing mast appeal results in hefty bill

  DROPPING its opposition to four Tetra masts, including one in Wotton-under-Edge, two years ago has cost Stroud District Council £105,000. read more

• 'Maths of the Day' is the key to promotion

  THE TITLE race in Division Two of the Northern Senior League reaches its climax tonight with a thrilling double header. read more

• Moonwalking the night away

  A GROUP of school staff will be stripping down to their underwear and walking throughout the night in aid of charity next week. read more

• A musical treat for the silver screen

  A PRIZE-WINNING Welsh male voice choir is coming to Wotton on Saturday, May 22, for a concert to raise money for the town's cinema project. read more

• Fox-Pitt splashes to victory at rain-soaked Badminton

  A DECISION to continue at Badminton in terrible conditions paid off for William Fox-Pitt at the weekend as he won the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials Trophy. read more

• Landmark regenerated

  A NATURAL landmark in Uley is to be rejuvenated by a project aimed at maintaining it for future generations. read more

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